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15/02/2008

BBC Four - The Lives of Others

A Stasi agent spying on a dramatist and his lover becomes fascinated by their lives.

Oscar-winning drama set in 1980s East Germany about a Stasi agent, employed to spy on a dramatist and his lover, who becomes increasingly fascinated by the lives of his subjects.

Award-winning political thriller set in 1980s East Germany. Captain Wiesler works for the Stasi, the secret police, and is asked to keep surveillance on a playwright, Georg Dreyman, whose loyalty to the party is under question. During the surveillance Weisler is slowly drawn into Georg's life and begins to question his own ideals.

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